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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Possibly an Americanized form of German Wittner, a habitational name from any of several places named Witten (for example, on the Ruhr) or Wittenau (for example, near Berlin and in Silesia).
  • Perhaps also an Americanized spelling of German Weissener (see Wisener).

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